Grammar thread?

[Jofa Guy]

Seemed like a big kick at lgp, what do you guys think about adding it here?

Won't be offended if this gets ridicule and/or deleted.

It should of start here, irregardless

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

does Jofa Guy have a crush on Craig?

[Jofa Guy]

Lol, no I don't. I didn't see that he started the thread. Thanks for starting this off!

(Does*)
My first one is the incorrect usage of ellipses. Gear grinder.........:

[Rylan]

The grammar thread was originally in the Matt Murray thread in PR. One of the mods must have split it into its own thread.

[Jofa Guy]

Gotcha, thanks for clearing it up.

[MR25]

No, there was an actual grammar thread that start like 2 years ago for grammar questions.

[Rylan]

No, there was an actual grammar thread that start like 2 years ago for grammar questions.

Ok, cool story. But the current thread was from the Matt Murray thread.

[MR25]

The one that was in NHR that got recently bumped?

[Rylan]

Was from the Matt Murray thread yes. You can still see the thread topic title of Matt Murray in subsequent posts after the "original"

[mikey]

Ok...

Powerpoint presentation...

Top bullet as a short list of information. "...when: Renewing a license, upgrading a license, transferring a license from another state or out of necessity due to changes in job requirements."

Bottom bullet references the top. "Note: The above [is/are] the minimum, federally-regulated conditions in which..."

I really want to think it's the singular "is" but because the "above" reference items in plurality...beyond the fact that I could just re-word this, what's the right answer to this, ya think...?

[PFiDC]

Seemed like a big kick at lgp, what do you guys think about adding it here?

Won't be offended if this gets ridicule and/or deleted.

It should of start here, irregardless

*ridiculed

[Sarcastic]

I is happy we's be can ask quesions here. i want lern.

[MR25]

Ok...

Powerpoint presentation...

Top bullet as a short list of information. "...when: Renewing a license, upgrading a license, transferring a license from another state or out of necessity due to changes in job requirements."

Bottom bullet references the top. "Note: The above [is/are] the minimum, federally-regulated conditions in which..."

I really want to think it's the singular "is" but because the "above" reference items in plurality...beyond the fact that I could just re-word this, what's the right answer to this, ya think...?

Is.

"The above" would be considered singular even though it's referring to a plural, I believe. The "is" would be referring to "the above", not the plural statements.

Had you said "The above statements", then you would say "are". But I'm fairly certain in this context, "is" is the proper word.

[mikey]

That was my feeling as well...but it felt weird when I got to the word "conditions" towards the end of the thought...

[meecrofilm]

Yeah. And I believe it reads as: "The above [content]."

Oh, whoops, totally missed that conditions part. I think it would be "are" then.

[Craig]

I started no such thread.

[mikey]

Yeah, I think it's "are" now...because remove the adjectives. "The above are the conditions..." or "The above is the conditions..." or replace "the above" with all of the conditions themselves and it would be "are"...

[meecrofilm]

Now I'm second-guessing myself again. It'd definitely be "the above conditions are," obviously. But when you re-arrange it, "conditions" becomes almost a modifier for "the above," instead of just being the subject, i.e. "The above conditions are," vs. "The above [content] is the conditions in which."

So now I think it may be "is" again

Let me put it this way: whichever one is actually correct, "are" sounds more natural in that case, even if it's not, so nobody is gonna know if that's what you go with.

[MR25]

You could just re-word it to the "The above conditions" like meecro said and lose the headache of trying to figure it out

[redwill]

"Are."

You're not referring to the singular list, but rather to the multiple conditions in the list.

[Sarcastic]

I think is/are refers to the word "conditions", so you'll want to use "are". That's not even looking at the top bullet.

[count2infinity]

"To who's attention should this be mailed?"
or
"To whose attention should this be mailed?"

[meow]

whose

[count2infinity]

I went with "Should I address this to you or someone else on your team?" To avoid having to decide, but thank you meow. You were far more helpful on this one than the last question you answered for me.

[MWB]

Whose... possession. Who’s means who is.